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Ware type: red-brownware Vessel type: miniature shoulder jar Profile: slender Rim type: wide mouth, collared neck Base: wide, flaring, flat Surface Condition: Vessel Condition: base chipped Decoration: Other: unevenly shaped
Provenance
From Giza, G 2416 D III, in wood coffin. 1936: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, 2575–2465 B.C.
Findspot
Giza, Egypt
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Accession Number
36-7-29b
Medium or Technique
Pottery